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New York watchdog puts a new spotlight on Turkey’s meddling in US elections
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A recent notice by the New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) has once again drawn attention to...
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Erdogan uses Turkish NGOs to project power, advance political Islamist goal
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A letter signed by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan sheds light on how Ankara systematically leverages nongovernmental organizations...
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Secret report reveals Turkish police and intelligence have unrestricted access to citizens’ private data
Levent Kenez/Stockholm A confidential document obtained by Nordic Monitor shows that Turkish law enforcement and intelligence agencies have sweeping access...
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Former Turkish Airlines employee laundered money for US drug traffickers
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A former Turkish Airlines employee, now a naturalized US citizen, has been convicted in New York for orchestrating...
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Turkey intensifies global hunt for critics, report finds
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey carried out a global campaign in 2024 to locate, detain and repatriate from other countries individuals it...
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FBI affidavit reveals Turkey as conduit for ISIS financing while Syria frees ISIS captives
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm A newly filed US federal complaint reveals that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to...
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Turkey unable to push Russia to speed up nuclear plant construction as financial and diplomatic tensions mount
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Construction on Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, the $24 billion Akkuyu project on the Mediterranean coast, has slowed...
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Loyalty to Erdogan becomes only factor in Turkey’s 2025 military promotions
Levent Kenez/Stockholm With the 2025 Supreme Military Council decisions, it has once again become clear that advancement in the Turkish...
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Turkey was a conduit for jihadists to join ISIS in Syria, FBI told US court
Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm An affidavit filed in US federal court details how an American man exploited Turkey’s position as a key...
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Erdogan whistleblower and key witness faces extradition from Greece amid fears of torture and silencing
Levent Kenez/Stockholm Ali Yesildag, a former insider turned whistleblower who exposed alleged multibillion-dollar corruption involving Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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